SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Wind Sonde Request For Information
- Notice Date
- 12/5/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- RDECOM, Natick (Soldier Support Branch), ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-NM, Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W58P05-WARPAD-WINDSONDE
- Response Due
- 1/4/2007
- Archive Date
- 3/5/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Request for Information (RFI) from the U. S. Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center, Natick, MA, to identify sources interested in providing technical information on methods to develop a low-cost wind sonde. The de sired capabilities of the wind sonde are as follows: (1) deployable from aircraft traveling up to 250 KIAS, and at altitudes up to 30,000 feet MSL, (2) through descent transmit real-time data at 1Hz via radio frequency to the ground and/or an airborne airc raft, (3) a maximum descent time of 7 minutes from an altitude of 24,500 ft AGL, (5) data points from the point of dispatch from the aircraft at altitude to ground impact must be transmitted with sufficient gain to the aircraft as it travels away from the sonde, (6) units should weigh no more than 2.5 pounds. Proprietary information will not be disclosed outside of the U.S. government. All interested firms, regardless of size, are encouraged to respond to this request for information. This Request for Inf ormation is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a Request for Proposal or as an obligation on the part of the Government. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request or otherwise pay for information solicited. A pre-solicitation notice will be published if a formal solicitation is generated. No awards will result from this request. We are seeking sources, technical and product information for products which meet the DoD requirements, or may meet r equirements with modifications. Firms responding to this RFI shall bear all risk and expense of any resources used to provide the requested information, and all information submitted in response to this request shall become the property of the Government and will not be returned to the submitter. Please submit your responses by 4 Jan 2007. Responses may be sent via email to Jaclyn.mchugh@natick.army.mil or by regular mail to US Army Natick Soldier RDEC, Attn: Jaclyn McHugh, WARPAD Directorate, Kansas Str eet, Natick, MA 01760-5017.
- Place of Performance
- Address: RDECOM, Natick (NSRDEC) ATTN: AMSRD-NSC-AD-JP, Kansas Street Natick MA
- Zip Code: 01760-5017
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 01760-5017
- Record
- SN01191037-W 20061207/061205220804 (fbodaily.com)
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